Nineteen years after the formation of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is thrust into the struggle of the Rebel Alliance when he meets Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has lived for years in seclusion on the desert planet of Tatooine. Obi-Wan begins Luke’s Jedi training as Luke joins him on a daring mission to rescue the beautiful Rebel leader Princess Leia from the clutches of the evil Empire.  And after Obi-Wan sacrifices himself in a lightsaber duel with his former apprentice, Darth Vader, Luke proves that the Force is with him by destroying the Empire’s dreaded Death Star.

D: George Lucas, US, 1977
Starring: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Alec Guinness, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, Peter Cushing, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker